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Handbook of Neurosurgery: v. 1
Dr. Greenberg is a practicing neurosurgeon and has provided a comprehensive pocket or desk reference work for the neurosurgery resident, surgeon, or anyone else dealing with routine neurological surgery. The layout of the books is a primer in how to produce a good graphic layout for ANY medical quick-reference type work. For the non-neurosurgeon with a general surgical background, this makes for very interesting reading—to know how neurosurgery is done and what criteria are used for various procedures.
500 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
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August 10, 2011
This is the old edition of this book, provided in a two volume set. The first volume contains a CGI rendering of a spinning cranial trephine on it—how very cool is that?! The second volume, not to be outdone, has a CGI rendering of a crystal skull. I bought these when first going into medicine: I had no real immediate use for them, but any book that looked like something out of Tron and had crystal skulls and spinning surgical instruments on them was seriously worth $70.
Then, after obviously buying two books for their covers, I realized how very adroit they were in their detail and scope. Dr. Greenberg is a practicing neurosurgeon and has provided a comprehensive pocket or desk reference work for the neurosurgery resident, surgeon, or anyone else dealing with routine neurological surgery. The layout of the books is a primer in how to produce a good graphic layout for ANY medical quick-reference type work. Dr. Greenberg self-published this, btw, and did all the graphics on his computer at home. Seriously. And despite whatever shortfalls you'd expect for such a one-man effort, he actually produced a work far better than most major medical publishers often put forth. The newer edition I guess is more up to date, but even it dates from circa 2005. For the non-neurosurgeon with a general surgical background, this makes for very interesting reading—to know how neurosurgery is done and what criteria are used for various procedures. While reading the (also wonderful) book Judith's Pavillion (by Marc Flitter) this was a handy reference to many of the neurosurgical cases Dr. Flitter details. For those involved in neurosurgical care, I have no doubt the newer editions of this book would be essential, but for those who desire it as a very very interesting read, I recommend the one with the scary CGI covers.
Then, after obviously buying two books for their covers, I realized how very adroit they were in their detail and scope. Dr. Greenberg is a practicing neurosurgeon and has provided a comprehensive pocket or desk reference work for the neurosurgery resident, surgeon, or anyone else dealing with routine neurological surgery. The layout of the books is a primer in how to produce a good graphic layout for ANY medical quick-reference type work. Dr. Greenberg self-published this, btw, and did all the graphics on his computer at home. Seriously. And despite whatever shortfalls you'd expect for such a one-man effort, he actually produced a work far better than most major medical publishers often put forth. The newer edition I guess is more up to date, but even it dates from circa 2005. For the non-neurosurgeon with a general surgical background, this makes for very interesting reading—to know how neurosurgery is done and what criteria are used for various procedures. While reading the (also wonderful) book Judith's Pavillion (by Marc Flitter) this was a handy reference to many of the neurosurgical cases Dr. Flitter details. For those involved in neurosurgical care, I have no doubt the newer editions of this book would be essential, but for those who desire it as a very very interesting read, I recommend the one with the scary CGI covers.
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